Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed speaking with President-elect Donald Trump this week but denied discussing an emergency legal application to block Trump’s sentencing in his business records case, The Hill reported.

Alito confirmed on Wednesday that he spoke with Donald Trump but clarified that the conversation did not involve an emergency application Trump filed seeking to block his sentencing in a New York business records case.

Judge Juan Merchan scheduled the sentencing for Friday. It is part of Trump’s ongoing legal battles regarding payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign.

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